The Giants pull through and so do I
by tk on May 30, 2008 3:21 PM PDT
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PrintOn May 27 at 7:30 a.m. I was wheeled into the OR to get most of the rest of my large intestine removed (boo) and to get the previously detached intestines reattached to each other (yay!). At 6:40 that night I was in my hospital bed listening to the Giants beat Arizona ... again ... and again!
My dad wasn't able to be here this time because he had gotten blood poisoning in his finger! (He's fine now.... He worked an entire Rockies/Twins game before going to the ER for it, though.) My husband did a fine job standing in as family baseball geek. By the second day we had nurses asking me, "Are you some kind of baseball freak or something?" Why yes, yes I am. There's nothing quite like being given a bladder ultrasound by an A's fan while he tells you why he's more of an A's than a Giants guy. I'm not sure I trust those types.
Anyway, the surgery went well and I'm hoping to be out of here soon and at another beautiful Mays Field evening, eating a Cha-Cha Bowl (high in fiber you know). In the worst case I will just have to get all the colon removed and go back to how I was with just the small intestine -- and that's livable -- I lived with it for four months. And that's the WORST case! I can do this. Not even faking it.
This time around is much better than last time, mentally, emotionally and physically. The lows are not so low and the highs are better. I attribute this to its not being the offseason.
Thanks for all your wishes this winter. Onwards ...
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Glad to hear the surgery went well
Hope to see you again at the next McCoven pre-game get-together this summer. We’re all rooting for you.
Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.
Gamer
That is some serious scrapiness. Get well soon!
Tape 'er up and let's go!
Good to hear from you, tk, glad you’re doing well.
All-Father Watch: 1.37 ERA, 5 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 24 Ks in 26 1/3 IP
Get well soon TK!
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on May 30, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions
I was gonna say GAMER
But I see I am too late. Best wishes :)
Try running into some walls in the hospital, might make you feel better.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
Glad to hear that you are going to be okay
Your medical condition beats the snot out of mine. I just had one six day stint in the hospital and couldn’t stand it. I couldn’t imagine going through all that you went through. Losing a toe is nothing compared to losing most of one’s large intestine. You must have a lot of intestinal fortitude…boy that was a bad joke. Anyways, good luck in your continued recovery!
Only 918 games until the end of Zito's contract
Man… so if you’re toe was Rich Aurilia, that begs the question:
thehavenot’s toe:Rick Aurilia :: tk’s large intesting :???
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 31, 2008 2:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Does the large intestine make a large sucking sound?
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
I don't actually know
But tk’s large intestine used to be extremely valuable and represents a significant portion of her body. Unfortunately, it has since failed. Oh yeah, and it has a lot to do with crap.
She, fortunately, had a successful operation to have it removed. If only the Giants were so lucky with their failed large intestine.
Only 915 games until the end of Zito's contract
Rectum? Damn near killed 'em.
Couldn’t resist. you just don’t get as many chances to use that line in real life as you should.
That’s the thing with A’s fans. They always have to explain why they are A’s fans. Just be an A’s fan…[cough]FREMONT[cough].
"Candlestick made me a man." - Will Clark
You have a great outlook
I am inspired by your mental toughness and positive attitude. I know that will help in your prognosis. I know some people who have had this procedure and they have all had good results. I hope that you get the best case scenario this time through.
Glad to hear it.
I’m not normally one to jump in and offer sympathies to someone I’ve never met, but, well, I found your story heartening, and I just wanted to thank you for that and wish you the best.
Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.
Spectacular!
You make Mike Matheny Alex Rodriguez in your gameritude! Onward!
Billy Hayes: Nine more big-league plate appearances than you.
tk, you are the grittiest GAMER of them all! ♥
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
Enough nancying around the issue: CAN YOU PLAY FIRST BASE???
TK, I am delighted that things went well and that they look good now. I will leave it to either Goofus or HowTheyScored to say that your troubles are behind you. Your veteran savvy is needed now more than ever, on McCC and at the ballpark.
You’re an inspiration, Sweetie. All the best to you and your family for everything you’ve all been through and still maybe face.
DFA all Giants over 34 years old.
Because it’s a butt joke!!!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on May 31, 2008 2:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Good.
Glad to hear it, tk.
Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.
You’re well enough to screw around posting on blogs, so that means you’re doing just fine. :) Glad to hear it.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 30, 2008 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
I admire your guts
Just in a different way than your pathologist.
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
Even Dodd wouldn't faze tk
Hang in there—John the Battist already has a hit tonight, foretelling future success when the AnVil, MadBum (9 K’s tonight) and the others arrive in the City.
Best wishes, TK!
You have amazing fortitude, whether it’s intestinal or otherwise. And it somehow seems appropriate that an A’s fan is intimately involved with bladders.
Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!
YaY!!!!!!
TK’s definitely going to a second half performer this year.
My boy ain't fat, he's just big boned. Big bat, too.
Don't rub it!!!!!
I’m sure I am speaking for everybody here by saying that we are all extremely proud of you and your badass attitude. You truly are an inspiration to all of us.
Good luck and God bless tk!!
"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes
As someone who has had medical problems "down there,"
I admire and salute you. Get well soon, and keep up the gamer attitude!
I ♥ Eugenifred Bowkmeier.
One can never be in short supply of well wishes! Good luck and get well soon!
Make me proud again Hen
by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 31, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
You and Rowand could be buddies
Congrats/good luck/best of wishes
Props for sweeping my team,
and even more props for getting through that surgery.
Max Scherzer is all out of bubblegum.
I'm home!
And once again many thanks for the props! I never thought in my life I’d get compared to either Barry Zito or Aaron Rowand, let alone in the same thread.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
Welcome home
And, technically, it was your large intestine that was compared to Barry Zito. We wouldn’t insult you so.
Only 915 games until the end of Zito's contract
I have advice for you
The best thing for a sliced-open-and-resewn-shut stomach is a warm dog sleeping on it …
But don’t let the warm dog get startled by someone else coming in the door and put his claws into you.
Notgardo, I still love you -- but you're grounded. No Guitar Hero for a month, no Cheez-Its for two months, and NO BASEBALL! This hurts me as much as it hurts you.
Best wishes!!!
All the best to the gamest of the gamers!
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin "Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Jun 2, 2008 4:33 PM PDT reply actions
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